Biomedical Engineering

SERIES EDITOR:John Enderle,University of ConnecticutThis series covers advanced and state-of-the-art topics that span the field of biomedical engineering, from the atom and molecule to large diagnostic equipment. Each lecture covers, for that topic, the fundamental principles in a unified manner, develops underlying concepts needed for sequential material, and progresses to more advanced topics. Computer software and multimedia, when appropriate and available, are included for simulation, computation, visualization and design. The authors selected to write the lectures are leading experts on the subject who have extensive background in theory, application and design. The series is designed to meet the demands of the 21st century technology and the rapid advancements in the all-encompassing field of biomedical engineering that includes biochemical processes, biomaterials, biomechanics, bioinstrumentation, physiological modeling, biosignal processing, bioinformatics, biocomplexity, medical and molecular imaging, rehabilitation engineering, biomimetic nano-electrokinetics, biosensors, biotechnology, clinical engineering, biomedical devices, drug discovery and delivery systems, tissue engineering, proteomics, functional genomics, and molecular and cellular engineering.

Fundamentals of Biomedical Transport ProcessesGerald MillerTransport processes represent important life-sustaining elements in all humans. These include mass transfer processes, including gas exchange in the lungs, transport across capillaries and alveoli, transport across the kidneys, and transport across c...Publication Date: 01/01/2010

Digital Image Processing for OphthalmologyXiaolu Zhu, Rangaraj Rangayyan, Anna L. EllsFundus images of the retina are color images of the eye taken by specially designed digital cameras. Ophthalmologists rely on fundus images to diagnose various diseases that affect the eye, such as diabetic retinopathy and retinopathy of prematurity....Publication Date: 01/01/2011

Understanding Atrial FibrillationLuca Mainardi, Leif Sornmo, Sergio Cerutti The book presents recent advances in signal processing techniques for modeling, analysis, and understanding of the heart's electrical activity during atrial fibrillation. This arrhythmia is the most commonly encountered in clinical practice and its ...Publication Date: 01/01/2008

Understanding Atrial FibrillationLuca Mainardi, Leif Sornmo, Sergio Cerutti The book presents recent advances in signal processing techniques for modeling, analysis, and understanding of the heart's electrical activity during atrial fibrillation. This arrhythmia is the most commonly encountered in clinical practice and its ...Publication Date: 01/01/2008

TremorGiulana Grimaldi, Mario MantoTremor represents one of the most common movement disorders worldwide. It affects both sexes and may occur at any age. In most cases, tremor is disabling and causes social difficulties, resulting in poorer quality of life. Tremor is now recognized as...Publication Date: 01/01/2008

Strategic Health Technology IncorporationBinseng WangTechnology is essential to the delivery of health care but it is still only a tool that needs to be deployed wisely to ensure beneficial outcomes at reasonable costs. Among various categories of health technology, medical equipment has the unique dis...Publication Date: 01/01/2009

Quantitative NeurophysiologyJoseph TranquilloQuantitative Neurophysiology is supplementary text for a junior or senior level course in neuroengineering. It may also serve as an quick-start for graduate students in engineering, physics or neuroscience as well as for faculty interested in becomin...Publication Date: 01/01/2008

Phonocardiography Signal ProcessingAbbas K. Abbas, Rasha Bassam The auscultation method is an important diagnostic indicator for hemodynamic anomalies. Heart sound classification and analysis play an important role in the auscultative diagnosis. The term phonocardiography refers to the tracing technique of heart...Publication Date: 01/01/2009

Neural InterfacingThomas D. Coates, Jr.In the past 50 years there has been an explosion of interest in the development of technologies whose end goal is to connect the human brain and/or nervous system directly to computers. Once the subject of science fiction, the technologies necessary ...Publication Date: 01/01/2008

Lung SoundsHadji HadjileontiadisLung sounds auscultation is often the first noninvasive resource for detection and discrimination of respiratory pathologies available to the physician through the use of the stethoscope. Hearing interpretation, though, was the only means of apprecia...Publication Date: 01/01/2008

Introductory Medical ImagingAnil Bharath This book provides an introduction to the principles of several of the more widely used methods in medical imaging. Intended for engineering students, it provides a final-year undergraduate- or graduate-level introduction to several imaging modaliti...Publication Date: 01/01/2008

Introduction to Continuum BiomechanicsKyriacos Athanasiou, Roman NatoliThis book is concerned with the study of continuum mechanics applied to biological systems, i.e., continuum biomechanics. This vast and exciting subject allows description of when a bone may fracture due to excessive loading, how blood behaves as bot...Publication Date: 01/01/2008

Introduction to Biomedical EngineeringDouglas Christensen Intended as an introduction to the field of biomedical engineering, this book covers the topics of biomechanics (Part I) and bioelectricity (Part II). Each chapter emphasizes a fundamental principle or law, such as Darcy's Law, Poiseuille's Law, Hoo...Publication Date: 01/01/2009

Introduction to Biomedical EngineeringDouglas Christensen Intended as an introduction to the field of biomedical engineering, this book covers the topics of biomechanics (Part I) and bioelectricity (Part II). Each chapter emphasizes a fundamental principle or law, such as Darcy's Law, Poiseuille's Law, Hoo...Publication Date: 01/01/2009

The Effects of Hypergravity and Microgravity on Biomedical ExperimentsThais Russomano, Gustavo Dalmarco, Felipe Prehn FalcaoTake one elephant and one man to the top of a tower and simultaneously drop. Which will hit the ground first?
You are a pilot of a jet fighter performing a high-speed loop. Will you pass out during the maneuver?
How can you simulate being an astron...Publication Date: 01/01/2008

Basic Feedback Controls in BiomedicineCharles LessardThis textbook is intended for undergraduate students (juniors or seniors) in Biomedical Engineering, with the main goal of helping these students learn about classical control theory and its application in physiological systems. In addition, students...Publication Date: 01/01/2009